Group of teens arrested after allegedly stealing car, leading police on pursuit in Lake and Cuyahoga counties

A group of five teenagers, including four juveniles, were arrested on July 3 after allegedly stealing a car in Eastlake and leading police on a pursuit that ended in Lyndhurst.
At 4:47 a.m., the Eastlake Police Department received a call from a woman who said her silver 2011 Jeep Liberty had just been stolen on East 337th Street. The woman said she was getting ready for work when a white male asked for a cigarette, according to the Eastlake Police Department’s Facebook page.
The woman turned away, then when she turned back to face the man he had pulled a hat over his face and demanded she get out of her car but leave her phone and keys inside. The victim followed the man’s instructions and saw two more males enter the vehicle before it drove away, police said.
The vehicle soon was located crossing Route 91 at Stevens Boulevard. In the time since the alleged theft, two juvenile females entered the vehicle to join the three other males, police said.
The suspect driver refused to pull over on Stevens, continued onto Route 2 and exited at Lloyd Road. He then drove west on Lakeland Boulevard into Euclid, south on East 260th Street to Richmond Heights, east to Willoughby Hills, south on Bishop Road to Highland Heights and then finally stopping in Lyndhurst, according to police.
Police arrested two juvenile males, two juvenile females and 18-year-old Eric Hannahs in Willowick.
“The five were planning to run away because two of the males had pending court cases that they were trying to avoid,” police said. “All five individuals were aware of the plan to steal a car and run away.”
The two juvenile males were charged with robbery and grand theft auto, and the two females were charged with complicity, according to police.
Hannahs was arraigned July 7 in Willoughby Municipal Court and charged with third-degree felony robbery and fourth-degree felony theft. Judge Harry Field set bond at $10,000 cash or surety. A preliminary hearing was set for July 8, according to court records.

Editor's note: This story was revised at 6:23 p.m. July 7 to remove an address for the defendant which is no longer current, according to the owner of the home.